Lyn Larsen inducted into NSW Cricket Hall of Fame

This year, three players made the grade, batsmen Mark Waugh and Stan McCabe and the former Australian Women's captain, Lismore born Lyn Larsen.

Lyn, a genuine all-rounder who averaged 41 with the bat and with her leg spin, took 26 wickets was extremely happy to be recognised.

"I feel humbled because I played with so many great players over the 15 years I played... I'm very proud to have received this," she said.

Lyn loved playing cricket from an early age and chose to follow her passion, no matter what.

Coming from Lismore in NSW, a country town closer to Brisbane than it is to Sydney, Lyn faced many challenges to pursue her fixation on playing cricket at the highest level.

"It was a challenge... It would have been much easier to head north and play for Brisbane but if you're a NSW person, you're blue blooded, you don't think of yourself as a Queenslander...so I had plenty of overnight bus trips," she said.

After playing a game of cricket locally in Northern NSW, Lyn would catch the bus from Lismore on Saturday night, arrive in Sydney Sunday morning, play another game, then jump back on the bus and be ready for school on Monday morning.

Monday's are tough for most of us but Lyn had to counter two games of cricket and 24 hours on a bus.

"Monday's I'd go to school, college or work depending what stage I was at in my career. I couldn't have done it without the support of my family, friends, Lismore and NSW Cricket," she said.

Lyn represented Australia for a decade, playing 49 internationals for her country.

Women's cricket has changed dramatically since her time in the game, amalgamating with the men's game has meant many more resources are available for female cricketers and financial support is given from the administration.

"(My family) made enormous sacrifices in the early day... at the time you don't think of that because you're on the bus, on the plane or whatever...when you look back at it later you think they did a lot so I could live my dream." she said.